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Demand for Beef Speeds Destruction of Amazon Forest

Published on 01 Apr 2004

Europe's demand for beef made 2003 one of the worst years ever for Amazonian deforestation, according to an international research report that quotes Brazilian government figures due to be released soon. Last year satellite pictures showed that almost 10,000 square miles of the world's largest continuous forest was lost, a 40% increase on the 2002 figure.